US-Backed Group Harms Syrian Unity: Who Knew Funding Division Works?
The Daily Sabah reports Türkiye's Defense Ministry flagging attacks by the 'U.S.-backed terrorist group YPG,' which they claim harms Syria’s unity. Of course, the mainstream narrative often omits that the US has been arming and funding various factions in Syria for years, ostensibly against ISIS, but often with the convenient side effect of undermining central governments. One might look at
OpenSecrets for the $1.3 million spent by the Turkish government's lobbying efforts in the US in 2023, attempting to shift American policy away from such groups. (Perhaps more if they want the US to stop funding groups they label 'terrorists.') It's almost as if pouring weapons and cash into a civil war, while simultaneously claiming concern for 'unity,' is less about unity and more about, well,
something else entirely. How many times must a nation's sovereignty be eroded by 'allies' before we question the definition of 'ally'?